Matt Every Suspended After Testing Positive

According to the BBC. There is very little information but it looks as as he took cannabis for medical purposes, apparently this is legal in Florida where he lives.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/50105419

truly asinine ... their hq is in florida ... nfl and others will look back in 30 years and ask how they could've been so stupid ...

If he has a medical card this is rediculous. If he doesn’t it’s silly.

> @dlygrisse said:

> If he has a medical card this is rediculous. If he doesn’t it’s silly.

agreed. if he has a legit medical card from an MD why is this a violation?

> @Hackattack1 said:

> > @dlygrisse said:

> > If he has a medical card this is rediculous. If he doesn’t it’s silly.

>

> agreed. if he has a legit medical card from an MD why is this a violation?

Several other legal prescribed substances on the banned list. Beta blockers , certain steroids etc. it’s because of a perceived performance enhancement.

A legit medical card is not legit at all. Since the federal government said its illegal, states don’t have the ability to make it legal. Even if you have a MD give you the green light to use it, your place of employment can still test for it. Almost everyone that has a card knows that in their state they may be ok but you can still be fired or arrested for having it. Matt Every should have known that. I live in California, it’s legal on a recreational level and we still get drug tested.

> @bladehunter said:

> > @Hackattack1 said:

> > > @dlygrisse said:

> > > If he has a medical card this is rediculous. If he doesn’t it’s silly.

> >

> > agreed. if he has a legit medical card from an MD why is this a violation?

>

> Several other legal prescribed substances on the banned list. Beta blockers , certain steroids etc. it’s because of a perceived performance enhancement.

^^^^ This.

He's not been charged or arrested - this isn't a legal matter, it's the Tour enforcing it's policy on banned substances. Cannabinoids are on the list.

There is a process for getting an exemption for therapeutic use. It would seem he didn't do that (or they denied him the exemption).

Here's the media guide for the Tour's anti-doping program.

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This isn't a legal matter, it's a common sense matter. In a world where Brooks can pack a fat lip during a round, suspending a guy for having a pot brownie the night before an event is asinine.

I'm not surprised that the Tour is trapped in the 1950's.

> @MaineMariner said:

> This isn't a legal matter, it's a common sense matter. In a world where Brooks can pack a fat lip during a round, suspending a guy for having a pot brownie the night before an event is asinine.

>

> I'm not surprised that the Tour is trapped in the 1950's.

I would say under WADA lot of legal things are banned also in other sports.

> @nichho said:

> According to the BBC. There is very little information but it looks as as he took cannabis for medical purposes, apparently this is legal in Florida where he lives.

>

> https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/50105419

The tour pros should speak up in defense of Matt.

Considering past "incident" with Matt Every and his caddie regarding allegation of marijuana usage at a hotel during an event- I am shocked and appalled regarding these results?

> @Roadking2003 said:

> > @nichho said:

> > According to the BBC. There is very little information but it looks as as he took cannabis for medical purposes, apparently this is legal in Florida where he lives.

> >

> > https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/50105419

>

> The tour pros should speak up in defense of Matt.

I doubt you will see that happen - he has less friends on tour than Pat Reed.

He cant use marijuana medically but Scott Stallings can take testosterone and speak about it openly? Which is more of an advantage? What a joke

> @chuck_schalch said:

> He cant use marijuana medically but Scott Stallings can take testosterone and speak about it openly? Which is more of an advantage? What a joke

Stallings got suspended.

It's always the journeyman types that ends up taking the fall for these kinds of rule infractions. The PGA could care less about the likes of Matt Every. You can bet none of the big names on tour will bother to speak up for him either.

> @snizzle said:

> It's always the journeyman types that ends up taking the fall for these kinds of rule infractions. The PGA could care less about the likes of Matt Every. You can bet none of the big names on tour will bother to speak up for him either.

DJ was suspended, by all accounts. You can’t really call him a journeyman.

I don’t understand some of you.

> @"b.helts" said:

> > @snizzle said:

> > It's always the journeyman types that ends up taking the fall for these kinds of rule infractions. The PGA could care less about the likes of Matt Every. You can bet none of the big names on tour will bother to speak up for him either.

>

> DJ was suspended, by all accounts. You can’t really call him a journeyman.

>

> I don’t understand some of you.

Forgot about it tbh but that was a time that he wasn't the star he is now. From all accounts DJ was apparently out of control w/ drugs and women back then.

Weed debate!

I say, go ahead and smoke a bong hit before every hole. Then wander off to the food truck and forget your putt.

Lol, kidding, kidding.

Good

> @Roadking2003 said:

> > @nichho said:

> > According to the BBC. There is very little information but it looks as as he took cannabis for medical purposes, apparently this is legal in Florida where he lives.

> >

> > https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/50105419

>

> The tour pros should speak up in defense of Matt.

Speaking up could be seen as support for using and could call into question those in support. Publically supporting ANY illegal activity can blow up in one's face.

One guy was suspended for high testosterone because he is on TRT (test replacement therapy) and rubbed the cream on as prescribed. When you take it, it peaks shortly after then falls (for the shots I take, it peaks about 24-48 hours after I inject). His levels were elevated because they caught it at a peak. Having low T is no joke, and it is absolutely absurd to think there’s any competitive advantage to taking test when yours is naturally low. It really doesn’t effect anything that has anything to do with golf, and seems the numbers are arbitrarily low as for cutoff for testing. A person dosing for advantage would have much higher numbers that a person on replacement therapy. My levels when I first got tested and when I don’t take it for a few weeks are right at or sometimes below 200. That is equivalent to an 85 year old, I’m 39. When I got tested 2 days after taking it I was at 1300ish. Normal range for my age is 700-900. I don’t know the cutoff for the WADA but I doubt I would pass and that is really pathetic.

> @chuck_schalch said:

> He cant use marijuana medically but Scott Stallings can take testosterone and speak about it openly? Which is more of an advantage? What a joke

Stallings took "over-the-counter hormone dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA)", which is a far cry from "testosterone". And he got suspended for 3 months.

Do yo actually play better golf when groovy? What impact on the golf swing has marijuana? Scandinavians mainly drink a lot of booze and that does no good for scores(although I have played very well hole 20-22 after a refreshing hole 19). But weed And golf I do not know much about?

> @MaineMariner said:

> This isn't a legal matter, it's a common sense matter. In a world where Brooks can pack a fat lip during a round, suspending a guy for having a pot brownie the night before an event is asinine.

>

> I'm not surprised that the Tour is trapped in the 1950's.

Opinions on that differ. I’d like to see it swing the other way. Ban tobacco use on tour too.

Tiger gets absolutely hammered on prescribed medication, wrecks his car, and faces some legal issues, but I don't believe he faced anything from the Tour. It just doesn't seem right.

> @chuck_schalch said:

> He cant use marijuana medically but Scott Stallings can take testosterone and speak about it openly? Which is more of an advantage? What a joke

He takes Testosterone to get his T level to that of normal. Not to jack himself up. Huge difference. One is performance leveling in a sense on the grounds of being normal. The other is potentially performance enhancing.

Workplace rules are just that. My friend is a crane operator at a major US port.Gets his pee tested 3 times a week. He makes 130K a year and gets 4 weeks vacation so thats the tradeoff. Alot of jobs have uniforms and testing.its not a philosophical debate

> @straightshot7 said:

> > @chuck_schalch said:

> > He cant use marijuana medically but Scott Stallings can take testosterone and speak about it openly? Which is more of an advantage? What a joke

>

> Stallings took "over-the-counter hormone dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA)", which is a far cry from "testosterone". And he got suspended for 3 months.

I think I read he had low testosterone/hormone imbalance and a doctor told him his symptoms were because of that. He really changed his diet started to workout and took a prescribed as you said DHEA. Youre absolutely right, he wasnt hiding some secret illegal steroid stash. Big difference

> @caniac6 said:

> Tiger gets absolutely hammered on prescribed medication, wrecks his car, and faces some legal issues, but I don't believe he faced anything from the Tour. It just doesn't seem right.

Did he come to work that way ??? Nope.

> @bigred90gt said:

> One guy was suspended for high testosterone because he is on TRT (test replacement therapy) and rubbed the cream on as prescribed. When you take it, it peaks shortly after then falls (for the shots I take, it peaks about 24-48 hours after I inject). His levels were elevated because they caught it at a peak. Having low T is no joke, and it is absolutely absurd to think there’s any competitive advantage to taking test when yours is naturally low. It really doesn’t effect anything that has anything to do with golf, and seems the numbers are arbitrarily low as for cutoff for testing. A person dosing for advantage would have much higher numbers that a person on replacement therapy. My levels when I first got tested and when I don’t take it for a few weeks are right at or sometimes below 200. That is equivalent to an 85 year old, I’m 39. When I got tested 2 days after taking it I was at 1300ish. Normal range for my age is 700-900. I don’t know the cutoff for the WADA but I doubt I would pass and that is really pathetic.

Thanks for sharing! hope its better for you now. Ive spoken to people with that and its no fun, i legit worry about that for myself. one of my students in his 40s lost so much weight/muscle and couldnt sleep for 3-4 months before they figured out it was that. he stopped golfing and had zero energy 24/7. he got the cream and then shots and hes back to himself now. scary stuff